梅干

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うめ
Grade: 4
ほ(し) > ぼ(し)
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
梅干 (kyūjitai)
梅干し
For pronunciation and definitions of 梅干 – see the following entry.
梅干うめぼ
umeboshi: salt-dried or pickled Japanese ume (a kind of plum); very sour, and often used as a condiment in Japanese cooking
(slang) an elderly person (from the similarity of wrinkled skin to a wrinkled umeboshi; compare usage of English prune)
(medicine) an unripe Japanese ume that has been smoked over a fire until black, used in traditional medicines and as a pigment
(This term, 梅干, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)